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 | Albrecht von Baron HALLER - 1849 - 388 pages
...lay down the argument on which such authority is exercised by the state. The end of government is to secure the existence of the body politic — to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who comprise it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their social rights and the blessings... | |
 | John Adams - 1851 - 666 pages
...following: PREAMBLE. THE end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life ; and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government,... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1851 - 374 pages
...driving some of them from their homes and leaving others in a state of doubt and terror, incompatible with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights, and the blessings of life which are guaranteed to every individual by the Constitution of Massachusetts ; and whereas, we have... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1852 - 94 pages
...revision -— PREAMBLE. THE end of the institution, maintenance and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect...individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying with safety and tranquillity their natural rights and the blessings of life : and whenever these great... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1853 - 108 pages
...end of the institution, maintenance, and administra- Objects of government. tion of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life : and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government,... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1853 - 130 pages
...Constitution of 1780 : — " The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life." " It is the duty of the people, in framing a Constitution of Government, to provide for an equitable... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 318 pages
...Declaration of Rights. The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights, and the blessings of life; and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 572 pages
...MASSACHUSETTS. PREAMBLE. The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life; and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 340 pages
...Declaration of Rights. The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights, and the blessings of life ; and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 pages
...MASSACHUSETTS. PREAMBLE. The end of the institution, maintenance and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic ; to protect...tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life : and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government,... | |
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